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  • John Henry Mackay

    Shorter Fiction

    by John Henry Mackay ...
    John Henry Mackay (1864-1933) wrote in a variety of styles. This volume of his shorter fiction contains twenty-five stories, ranging in length from one page to the longer novella. In this range, it is essentially complete. The themes also vary considerably, for Mackay did not like to repeat himself. Nevertheless, as might be expected from the biographer of the egoist philosopher Max Stirner, they ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Hustler

    The Story of a Nameless Love from Friedrichstrasse

    by John Henry Mackay ...
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    $8.69 USD

  • The Swimmer

    The Story of a Passion

    by John Henry Mackay ...
    The Swimmer is one of the very first literary sports novels. Although not a competitive swimmer himself, Mackay was a passionate swimmer and well acquainted with the scene of competitive swimming and diving in Berlin around 1900. This historical picture of the sports world at that time will be familiar to today´s readers in many ways, but may surprise us in its details, for example, of ... Read more

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  • Three Novels

    by John Henry Mackay ...
    John Henry Mackay was born on 6 February 1864 in Greenock, Scotland. His Scottish father died when Mackay was only nineteen months old and his German mother returned with him to Germany, where he grew up with German as his mother tongue. He later learned Englishand translated a volume of American and English poems into Germanbut did not write it well. After one year as an apprentice in a ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

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  • Berlin Stories

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  • The Complete Works of Franz Kafka

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    The Complete works of Franz Kafka with active table of content for easy navigation through all of his great works. ... Read more

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  • The Metamorphosis

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  • Diaries, 1910-1923

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